Improvement in whip-sockets



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JAMnsNELLIs, or YPsILANrI, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 114,845, dated May 16, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the B'ame. I

To ,whom t't mwy concern Be it known that I, JAMES Nnnnrs, of Ypsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Socket; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon and being a part of this speci'cation, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device as attached to the dash-frame of a vehicle;

Figure 2 is a section through xa: in fig. 1, showing the method of attachment; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view, showing the application of the torsion-springs.. v

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The` nature of this invention relates toan improvement in the construction of whip-holding sockets, and

in the means for attaching the s ame to the frames of the dash-boards.

It consists in the construction and arrangement of its various parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing- B represents a light metallic strap terminating in .or having attached to its lower end a conical socket,

B, which, if made of metal, should be lined with cloth or leather to prevent marring; the socket, being conical, will receive and hold whip-handles of various sizes and prevent them from rattlingabout in the movement of the Vehicle.

C are metallic segments, each consisting of two', plates embracing a segmental cushion or packing,

preferably made from plain or mixed sheet rubber, as at a a'. The packing does not extend the length of the segments, which have journaled between their upper and lower plates the friction-rollers or disks b b', which maybe of metal, wood, or leather.

D D' are .torsion-springs, formed of wires secured along the edges of the strap A, at its upper parts, and

so secured to the segments U 0' at their rear ends as to bring theinfront ends together and resist any attempt to pry them' apart, except upon the applica'- tion of considerable force. Two sets of these torsionsprings may be employed, ifdesired, and as shown, although but one pair is sufficient.v

To secure a whip in the device, drop its handle into the socket and the'n press its stock between the wheels' i b b' until their segments are forced vapart a sufcient distance to admit the stock, when they close behind it, pressing the stock against the packing or cushions projecting from the internal cdgcs'of said segments, n'rmly holding it to prevent all rattling and marring of the stock.

Io secure the device to the dash of a'vehicle I employ a pair of hooks, E, curved to the section of the iron dash-frame, and provided with a screw-nuit c, threaded on its shank.`

' At the side rof the iron F of the dash-frame I make a pair of holes in the leather, and from the rear side thereof- I`insert the point of a hook iri each hole and cause the hook to embracethe iron. Then I insert the shanksof. the hooks through holes in the 'strap A, and secure the latter in place by screwing 

